Picking Kramp-Karrenbauer as Leader, German Conservatives Choose Continuity The center-right Christian Democratic Union elected Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to carry the party into the post-Merkel era. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Tillerson Warns Europe Against Iran InvestmentsU.S.-Backed Fighters Take Largest Syrian Oil Field From ISISIn Russia, a Bribery Case Lifts the Veil on Kremlin IntrigueAsia and Australia Edition: Shinzo Abe, Catalonia, Jimmy Carter: Your Monday BriefingProtesters in Malta Denounce Failure to Protect Killed JournalistTurning Tables in Magnitsky Case, Russia Accuses a Nemesis of Murder